William Bakken finds Blegen's arguments convincing, i.e., that "expert runologists" have pronounced the inscription a fraud and that people capable of this level of forgery were present in the Kensington area in the 1890s. Bibliography is longer than the article.
Subtitled "Why Kensington Runestone Is Authentic." Yuri Kuchinsky's contributions to some rather heated arguments on Usenet.
Interactive map shows land features, and where Runestone Hill is in relation to Kensington. Requires JavaScript and a 4.0 or later browser.
Scott Wolter is convinced that the controversial runestone could not have been carved in 1898. Article by Peg Meier. [Star Tribune]
Shows where Runestone Hill is in relation to Kensington and Alexandria.
Avocational archaeologist and epigrapher J. Huston McCulloch attacks the theory that the engraver of the Kensington stone clumsily invented a rune to represent the late Latin letter j.
A translation of the Kensington Rune Stone by Peter Sjolander. Contends that the stone marks the exact center of the northern hemisphere and longitudinal center of North America, and that therefore Redminland was all of North America.
William P. Holmen briefly outlines the history of the controversial stone, and mentions the theory that the Norse explorers may have intermarried with the Mandan Indians.
Report on scholarly findings presented at the Midwest Archaeology Conference held in November 2000. [Associated Press]
Ongoing investigation of the artifact, including a growing library of original documents. By KRS buff Michael Zalar.
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